Monthly Archives: March 2008
VoiceCon Shows Its Green Side
Two themes stood out at this year's spring VoiceCon conference: green computing and delivering on the early promises of unified communications.Between the unusual step...
New H-1B Rule Strives to Foil System Gamers
Complaints that some companies are taking advantage of the H-1B visa system are nothing new. But, while most grievances have been about underpaying foreigners...
Verizon Wireless Wins Prized Spectrum
Verizon Wireless walked off with the top prizes in the FCC's recently concluded 700MHz auction, capturing prime swaths of spectrum for the nation's No....
As Economy Falters, On-Demand Apps Must Prove Value
Technology stocks are sustaining substantial losses in the current economy, particularly in the on-demand sector, which is down about 30 percent year-to-date, according to...
Voltaire Helps Trading Firms Fulfill the Need for Speed
Voltaire high-performance switches are helping financial services firms out-trade their competition and reap huge financial benefits.Voltaire's Grid Director switches are high-bandwidth, low-latency switches based...
Zuora Subscribes to New Web Business Model
By managing the infrastructure that allows e-commerce companies to offer on-demand services to their customers, Zuora intends to enable what CEO Tien Tzuo sees...
Microsoft Buys Rootkit Detection Startup
Looking to beef up the anti-malware protection capabilities in its enterprise and consumer security products, Microsoft has inked a deal to acquire Komoku, a...
Adobe’s iPhone Plans Hang on Jobs’ Opinion of Flash
Is shoehorning a Flash player onto the iPhone such a big issue? Given the time spent on it by the CEOs of Adobe and...
Facebook Meets Amway
The explosion in popularity around social networks has laid the foundation for entrepreneurs looking to cash in on the Web destinations that are luring...
How to Avoid Technical Debt and Increase Systems Flexibility
/images/stories/70x50/bug_knowledgecenter_70x70_(2).jpgAccrued and compounded over time, technical debt increases with rigid IT architecture, dependent satellite applications and staff attrition. Custom architecture is common in just...